Disney has released the first look at one of its most anticipated live-action remakes yet, and it looks exactly as you’d expect. MoanaThe hit 2016 animated film is coming out next summer, and now you can see what Katherine Lagaia as Moana and Dwayne Johnson as Maui look like in real life.
Thomas Kail, who directed a little show hamiltonis over the top, and looks like he’s captured most of what the animated film looked like, right down to the living water, the kakamora, and of course that cute god. Here’s the first tease.
he sure looks like it MoanaIsn’t it? Very on the nose. almost a little bit Very On the nose. Almost, on the nose “YouTube fake trailer”. But the film is still nine months away from release, so surely, there will be a lot of work on it in the coming months.
Also, if this year’s Lilo and Stitch If the remakes have proven anything, the point is that audiences don’t care what these Disney live-action remakes look like. As long as they provide the same thrill and excitement as the original film, with all the songs and moments they know from their childhood that they can now pass on to their kids, it’s fine. and this is it Moana Looks like. It’s just that, usually, it doesn’t happen within a decade.
Apart from Laga’Aya and Black Adam, Moana The cast features John Tui as Moana’s father Chief Tui; Frankie Adams as Moana’s mother Sina; and Rena Owen as Moana’s grandmother, Tala.
Moana Opens on July 10, 2026, which puts it right in the middle minions 3 And odysseyIt’s going to be extremely hot, do you think Moana Does it have the potential to become the highest-grossing film of this season? Let us know below.
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